Friday, June 25, 2010

It's blog hop time again! And our challenge this month is to use our favorite color combo. I don't have just one, but I do love Hawaiian Shores and Lavendar Moon together.

When I saw this card I was blown away! Loved it so much that I was inspired to try several of the elements on my own card. I used the same Label 4 die, sponged the background and paper pieced the lilies. The card ends up looking a very different style though.

All you PTI fans will recognize this card as a CASE (copy) of Nichole Heady's card. I didn't buy the new paper though, so I created my own using Polka Dot Basics II with vintage cream ink onto Aqua Mist.

I've been struggling to feel creative lately, so I found that CASEing has helped me at least get into my craft room and make something.

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Hope you're having a great week, so far! I made this card recently and CASEd this card that I made back in February.

I changed the blue to Hawaiian Shores and used a different sentiment. I really loved the first card, so I felt fine with using the exact layout again another time--sometimes you just don't want to reinvest the wheel, right??

Monday, June 14, 2010

I know that all you PTI fans have been seeing the peeks of the new jar set--isn't it so cute??!! I started to think about what I had similar to that already and I remembered the little jar in the Studio Style set!

So this little card was born...with an image than any button-crazed crafter would consider a happy sight! My pretty button collection definitely makes me happy!

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Hi! This card was made using YOF: Sweet Peas, BB: Text and a sentiment from on the of the YOF sets. I colored the stems and leaves with Copics and then stamped over the whole cardfront with the text background. Then, I stamped a second set of the flowers, colored those and put them in place. I tried to take my time with the coloring, rather than rush like I usually do, LOL!

Sorry for the blurry pic, I was in a hurry when I took it, and now it's off to its receipent so I can't redo it.

Sunday, June 6, 2010

I made a set of three cards using the Year of Flowers: Lily of the Valley stamp set and the background circles from Round and Round. This card set is off to my mom whose favorite flowers are Lily of the Valley.

I also used the large rectangle from Take Note to frame my focal image, an idea shared by Erin Lincoln here .

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

One thing I was busy making on my blog absence is baby shower invites! I made thirty of these for a friend and I have to thank Nadine for helping me when I ran out of ribbon and Emily/Sky Nacho for helping me find more paper that I used for the bears!

I stamped the left portion using the distressed frame from Luck of the Irish and used the Polka dot impression plate for the main card face. The bear comes from Baby Button Bits as does the sentiment.